#!/usr/bin/perl -l
# 08/24/06 09:30 => Thursday, August 24th  9:30am

use Date::Parse;
use Date::Format;
use Date::Language;

my $format    = '%A, %B %o %l:%M%P';
my $language  = Date::Language->new('English');

## Start
my $date_time = '08/24/06 09:30';
my $time      = $language->str2time( $date_time );     # 1. Parse
my $newtime   = $language->time2str( $format, $time ); # 2. Output
print $newtime;
## End